com.ibm.icu.impl

Class LocaleIDs

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.icu.impl.LocaleIDs

public class LocaleIDs
extends Object

Utilities for mapping between old and new language, country, and other locale ID related names.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LocaleIDs()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	getCurrentCountryID(String oldID)
static String	getCurrentLanguageID(String oldID)
static String	getISO3Country(String country) Returns a three-letter abbreviation for the provided country.
static String	getISO3Language(String language) Returns a three-letter abbreviation for the language.
static String[]	getISOCountries() Returns a list of all 2-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166.
static String[]	getISOLanguages() Returns a list of all 2-letter language codes defined in ISO 639 plus additional 3-letter codes determined to be useful for locale generation as defined by Unicode CLDR.
static String	threeToTwoLetterLanguage(String lang)
static String	threeToTwoLetterRegion(String region)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LocaleIDs

public LocaleIDs()

Method Detail

getISOCountries

public static String[] getISOCountries()

Returns a list of all 2-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166. Can be used to create Locales.

getISOLanguages

public static String[] getISOLanguages()

Returns a list of all 2-letter language codes defined in ISO 639 plus additional 3-letter codes determined to be useful for locale generation as defined by Unicode CLDR. Can be used to create Locales. [NOTE: ISO 639 is not a stable standard-- some languages' codes have changed. The list this function returns includes both the new and the old codes for the languages whose codes have changed.]

getISO3Country

public static String getISO3Country(String country)

Returns a three-letter abbreviation for the provided country. If the provided country is empty, returns the empty string. Otherwise, returns an uppercase ISO 3166 3-letter country code.

Throws:

MissingResourceException - Throws MissingResourceException if the three-letter country abbreviation is not available for this locale.

getISO3Language

public static String getISO3Language(String language)

Returns a three-letter abbreviation for the language. If language is empty, returns the empty string. Otherwise, returns a lowercase ISO 639-2/T language code. The ISO 639-2 language codes can be found on-line at ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/iso-639-2.txt

Throws:

MissingResourceException - Throws MissingResourceException if the three-letter language abbreviation is not available for this locale.

threeToTwoLetterLanguage

public static String threeToTwoLetterLanguage(String lang)

threeToTwoLetterRegion

public static String threeToTwoLetterRegion(String region)

getCurrentCountryID

public static String getCurrentCountryID(String oldID)

getCurrentLanguageID

public static String getCurrentLanguageID(String oldID)